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player | nomic |

As a noun player

is one that plays.

As an adjective nomic is

(dated) customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.

player

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One that plays
  • # One who plays any game or sport.
  • # (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
  • # (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
  • # (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
  • # (gambling) A gambler.
  • # (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
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  • # (electronics) An electronic device or software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
  • One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  • A significant participant.
    • He thought he could become a player , at least at the state level.
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  • (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

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    Derived terms

    * accordion player * basketball player * bit player * CD player * football player * player-manager * player piano * record player * rugby player * soccer player * tennis player

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    nomic

    English

    (wikipedia Nomic)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A game, intended to model certain aspects of legal systems, in which players take turns by modifying the game's rules.
  • * 1982 , , Scientific American
    • This is not to say that nuanced, intermediate levels may not arise in Nomic through game custom and tacit understandings.
  • * 2004 , , Interactive Storytelling
    • The game Nomic also has rules that change over time. But these games still have rules for how they're played...
  • * 2005 , Yusuf Pisan, The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment
    • Nomic , a "game of self-amendment," is most fundamentally characterized by its rule 213, 213. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player unable to complete a turn is the winner.

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